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Seed Catalogue and Garden Guide.
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Harlequin Aster.
Little Gem Sweet Alyssum.

Asters.

The numerous forms of the aster, and the now great variety of rich colors of its perfectly double flowers make it a leading favorlte. For a late summer and fall display it has no equal. Give the aster a deep, rich soil, with plenty of mulching, and it will surprise even its friends with its profusion of richly-colored perfect flowers. Plant early as possible.

New Diamond.--(See cut, No. 1.) The flowers are extremely beautiful, 2 to 2 1/2 inches across, and the plants grow 18 to 20 inches high. All the stems and branches are terminated by perfect flowers, the entire plant appearing a mass of bloom. The colors range from pure white to blackish purple, and dark, rich crimson. Pkt. 15c.

New Triumph.--(No. 2.) The most beautiful and most perfect of all dwarf asters. Each plant forms an elegant bouquet of itself. The individual flowers measure from 2 1/2 to 3 inches across. All petals beautifully in-curved; color is peculiarly rich and brilliant. When beginning to bloom it is a pure scarlet, but when in full bloom it changes to a magnificent satiny deep scarlet. Pkt. 10c.

Snowball.--(No. 3.) A beautiful and distinct variety, originating from the "Mignon," introduced some years ago. The flowers are semispherical, as shown in our engraving; of refined and faultless form; pure white, beautifully imbricated and very freely produced, as many as 30 flowers being frequently borne on a single plant. The cut blooms will remain longer in good condition than most other varieties. Well adapted for pot culture. This is a valuable acquisition to the aster family, being a novelty of decided merit. Pkt. 15c.

Perfection.--(No. 4.) Truffant's Improved Paeony Flowered. A favorite class; thrifty, upright growers; flowers large (4 inches across) and almost perfectly round, with incurved petals; height 18 inches to 2 feet. Our mixture contains many exquisite colors. Pkt 5c.

Crown.--(No 5.) The center of each flower is white, surrounded by a broad margin of color, such as crimson, rose, violet, etc.; flowers large and freely produced. Height 18 inches to 2 feet. Mixed colors. Pkt 10c.

Comet.--(No. 6.)--The shape of this new variety differs from all others, resembling closely the large-flowered Japanese chrysanthemums. The flowers are from 3 1/2 to 4 1/2 inches in diameter, perfectly double, many handsome colors mixed. Per pkt. 10c.

Harlequin.--A new dwarf pyramidal strain of great beauty, with oddly spotted and striped very double flowers of red and blue, the same plant often having a great variety of flowers on it. Every one will be pleased with it, and it will always attract great attention. Per pkt. 10c.

Victoria.--This is a magnificent sort, 20 inches high, vigorous in growth, pyramidal in habit, very free blooming; flowers double to center; very large. Adapted for either garden or window culture. Very brilliant colors, mixed. Pkt. 10c.

Dwarf German.--Mixed colors. Pkt. 10c.

Pyramidal Bouquet.--Very fine, mixed colors; each plant forms a bouquet. Pkt. 10c.

Hedge Hog, or Needle.--Very peculiar, long quilled petals, handsome and sure to attract attention. Pkt. 10c.

New Washington.--The largest aster in cultivation, flowers often measuring four or five inches across, perfectly double, fine form, and of many exquisite colors. Plant is pyramidal and very free blooming; mixed colors. Pkt. 10c.

Collection of Asters.--One pkt. each of the 12 varieties named above 85c.

All Kinds Mixed.--Seeds of most of the varieties in above list. Pkt. 5c.

Royal Mixed.--A very choice selection of all the best sorts; none 2d grade. Pkt. 10c.

Alyssum.

Sweet.--Has pretty little white flowers, useful for making up in all kinds of small bouquets. Its fragrance while sufficiently pronounced, is very delicate. Makes a pretty border and is one of the best plants for a basket or pot. Pkt. 3c.

Little Gem.--The plants are very dwarf and remarkably uniform in growth; grows only 3 or 4 inches high, and each plant spreads so as to completely cover a circular space 12 to 20 inches in diameter. The plants begin to flower while quite young and soon become one mass of white, remaining in full bloom from spring to fall. Deliciously fragrant. More than four hundred clusters of flowers in full bloom have been counted on a single plant. Pkt. 5c.